Abstract
This study aims to investigate the main effects and moderating role of proactive personality on the influence of perceived organizational support and meaning of work on creativity. Data was collected from 155 professionals and knowledge workers in information technology companies with non-probability sampling using snowball technique. This study uses hierarchical regression analysis with SPSS 22 software to test hypotheses. Results revealed that perceived organizational support and meaning of work have significant positive effect on employee creativity. Moderating effect of proactive personality has successfully amplified meaning of work on creativity. An interesting and unexpected finding is that proactive personality moderate significant negative effect of perceived organizational support on creativity. That is, high level of proactivity actually weakens relationship between perceived organizational support and creativity. The finding extends creativity literature related to social exchange theory. Practical implications are also discussed in this article. Keywords: creativity, perceived organizational support, meaning of work, proactivity
Highlights
The external environment and increasingly fierce competition have forced many companies to continue looking for solutions in managing their resources
Employee creativity is defined as the process and individual’s capacity to produce ideas that are new, and useful and appropriate
This study aims to investigate positive effect of perceived organizational support and meaning of work on employee creativity
Summary
The external environment and increasingly fierce competition have forced many companies to continue looking for solutions in managing their resources. A company's competitive advantage is determined by the performance of its innovation. While the most powerful factor in driving innovation is the company's ability to enhance employee creativity (Mittal and Dhar, 2015). According to Girard (2010), creativity is considered as the key to the company's long-term development and sustainability. Employee creativity is defined as the process and individual’s capacity to produce ideas that are new, and useful and appropriate. Creativity products include goods, services, procedures, methods or practices (Akgunduz et al 2018)
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